From The Motherland To The New Earth State
Uranda September 23, 1943 Winnipeg, Canada
Tonight I had thought that we could spend some time very profitably going back and reviewing some of world history as we think of it in the Third Sacred School, and then from a viewpoint of that world history, look ahead. Of course, if we were going to do this subject justice—for instance, how nice it would be if we could have individuals who were really responding gathered together in one place, in more or less ideal circumstances for a solid year. No financial strain or environmental situation to pull you away, to take your undue attention, or outside world experience, but just go apart like that for one year, and in such an intensified period of training and instruction, etc., this that we are going to touch upon lightly would probably occupy our time and attention every day for about six months, and then I would not say that we could cover it completely in that time—an hour a day for six months. In one evening we shall have to be content with the high spots. Some of the things that we touch upon tonight we may have touched upon before. Some of them should be new to you.
We know that the world as it was first created, the Divine Estate, was one with Heaven—the world that then was and Heaven were One. There was no evil separating the two, and as Divine Man functioned it was in a full consciousness, or as full as might be necessary, of the activities of the Inner Planes; but when man fell and brought about the turmoil that has since existed, a division as far as man was concerned was established—a veil beyond which he could not penetrate. In the Motherland when man first fell, areas were set apart where the fallen ones were placed and a vibrational wall was established so that they could not go through that wall unless they responded to the Lord. It was impossible for them to penetrate that wall. As evil beings multiplied and increased it became necessary for those who remained in the Divine Estate to withdraw from the world because their presence gave fallen man undue privileges and opportunities—and number of things happened.
The wall that had separated fallen man from Divine Man, here on the surface of the earth, was simply moved to a point where it separated fallen man from the Inner Planes. The so‑called veil or point of separation that we now have between this outer world and the Inner Planes is identical in nature and structure to that wall that was used to confine the fallen ones in the first place to any allocated area in the earth's surface. That should open up something to you. These wayward ones could have walked out through that wall into the world of Divine Man at any time if they had been willing, completely, without any reservation, to let go of their evil ways and to harmonize in the ways of God. Since that is true, the same thing applies now. That should give you something to think about. The veil that was rent asunder in the Temple at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus is a symbol of the way the veil will be rent asunder in the world, opening up an interplay between Heaven and earth, the Inner and the outer planes. It will be because that veil is rent asunder that we can, in due season, see Jesus Christ and the Host that is with Him. This wall, this wall of limitation that was established around fallen man, and is the wall of limitation as far as God is concerned, is still established around fallen man.
When those who were functioning according to the Divine Estate withdrew, the greatest number of them—a few remained, a few went into what we might call Asia Minor at the present time, and a few remained in Atlantis, but the majority of them withdrew—that meant that the Cosmic Vibrations flowing into the world had to begin to function through the consciousness of fallen man, whereas before they had to function through the consciousness of Divine Man who was polarized in reality. The earth up to that point was polarized according to the way it was created, but when that Cosmic Force began to flow through fallen man, the earth itself was thrown out of polarity. The subterranean supports of Lemuria crumbled, and the Garden of Eden, amidst flames of fire that burst out of the bowels of the earth, vanished below the waters of the Pacific. The high points of the Motherland remained as the islands of the South Pacific. Australia, too, was a part of it, but it went completely under also and Australia did not come back until Atlantis went down a thousand years later. There you have an explanation of the deserts of Australia. It came up again when Atlantis went down.
So that portion that had been a part of the Garden of Eden was returned to man, but to a very great extent it was exceedingly barren. It was no longer the Garden that it once had been. Of course, various portions of various continents were beneath the waters during that interval also—the entire area known as the Sahara Desert is a point of illustration; and most of the State of California. What we know as Death Valley was all under the waters of the ocean. Various portions farther north and in the south were under water—in Arizona, New Mexico, and some of Texas. So this continent [North America] was to a very great extent submerged when Lemuria went down, and then it came back up again at the time of the sinking of Atlantis. There were large portions of the Orient as now known—the famous Gobi Desert—underneath the water for a thousand years. All this is interesting from the standpoint of geology, but it is basic in helping you to understand some of the things that happened, and some of the vibrations that work through human beings now. At the same time, whereas there had been slight seasonal changes—it had not all been just one monotonous day following day—there were some changes. The world's climate had been very nearly tropical up until that time. The extreme north country had animals that we would now find in the tropics—if there are any left; they were similar in nature. But when the earth shifted the extremes of seasons began to appear, and in the extreme cold of the north this water that was thrown out from the bowels of the earth, and came to surface of the earth for that period, froze in the extreme north.
The true teaching was retained in Atlantis, and Atlantis was given an opportunity to return to God. This great cataclysm that had overtaken the world should have made men and women turn to God. It did for a little while, but in Atlantis the machine age developed, a machine age that surpasses anything at the present time, and man depended upon the machine rather than upon God. And finally it reached a point where those Divine Men and Women who still remained as teachers in the world had to withdraw, because human beings insisted on walking in the way of evil rather than return to God. So they ascended, and the earth was thrown still further out of polarity, and this further shift in the earth's axis—not in the same direction as before—caused all of this ice that had been formed up here in this north country for a thousand years to begin to shift. It caused these various portions of the continents to rise up from underneath the water again, and it caused new mountains to appear, and it caused this great sheet of ice that had been established in the north—the land was lifted and the earth shifted on its axis—to come sliding down upon this continent here, and there immediately followed what has been called the Ice Age. The ice moved south on the earth and moved pretty well down into the States, as you know from your study of geology.
Now consider the areas that had been under the water. They were naturally without any population. Atlantis went down. Geographical changes took place all over the world and there were great tidal waves—the Great Flood. And you can readily recognize that there were very few people remaining upon the earth, and those who did remain were faced with living in entirely new conditions, new climates, without transportation, or any means of communication. There were just little groups here and there that survived and those that were not particularly hardy and strong and fit soon perished. There was a sheet of ice that had come down through this region here throwing things up in general. It was cold and miserable and there was not much to live for, you would say, in that day; but there were those who were obedient to the law of self-preservation.
However, within 500 years, roughly, the memory of Lemuria and Atlantis was virtually forgotten, though dim legends were passed down from generation to generation. Those who remained were forced to live like animals, under extremely difficult conditions. There we have, in that period of extreme hardship, what the archaeologist is inclined to call the days of the cave man, because it was in the caves that those who survived the catastrophe took refuge. There was a scarcity of food, there were wild animals, and only a few people survived. Those few began to gradually increase in numbers until finally man reached a point in his progress, some 5000 to 6000 years ago, where he began to record his doings. He developed systems of writing. There was a period of around 5000 years, from the time of the submersion of Atlantis and the catastrophe of this ice sheet, until human beings progressed sufficiently—in Egypt, for instance—to begin to make a written record. From that point on we have recorded history covering about the past 5000 years, but up to that point our ordinary histories have nothing to say. Here is a brief history, then, which goes back roughly over the last 25,000 years.
As man began to replenish the earth, God established a way by which he could again become aware of the things of God. In the Motherland there had been Seven Sacred Schools, but man had gone down to the very bottom and has been slowly coming up again from the days of the cave man. The First Sacred School was established by Melchizedek through Abraham, and then it was continued through Joseph and Moses, and the people were carried finally into the Promised Land. In this experience, through the portrayal of circumstances, the fundamental principles of the world release into reality were made manifest. But Israel, once in the Promised Land, everything going more or less nicely, became content and ceased to expand spiritually. Human beings do not seem to be able to stand prosperity. When everything is going nicely they turn away from God. They forget God until the days of adversity. And so, the children of Israel failed. The First Sacred School failed. Jesus came and established the Second Sacred School. This teaching was working from the basic standpoint of the mental approach so that the world could have been transformed and carried into the Ideal State at that time if the world had responded, but it would not. We find that by 300 A. D. the light that He had established was pretty well blotted out and for a thousand years of stagnation the world had to endure the Dark Ages. In the 13th century the expansion began to manifest; knowledge began to increase—the prophecy says that in the latter days knowledge should be increased and many should run to and fro. Satan was loosed, knowledge began to increase, and it has been increasing with intensified speed during the last 600 years. And so we come to the present.
Looking forward, we see that the same principle that was working at the time of the submersion of Atlantis and Lemuria must be reversed to bring the New Earth state into manifestation. “And I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth: for the first Heaven and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea.” What does it mean, there will be no more sea? It is because the continents that have been submerged are to arise. The earth is over three-quarters water now. It will be over three-quarters land. “... and the islands shall flee away.” How would an island flee away? The continents will arise. Where are the islands? They are the tops of undersea mountains. But it simply says that the continents shall arise. They will arise where the oceans are. That means that there must be established a dominant focal point of consciousness in the world which will, in due season, take over the control of the mass consciousness so that the Cosmic Vibrations will begin to work through the polarized consciousness of those on the earth, and that will throw the earth back into polarity. As that happens, the continents will arise. The earth will again be in position to be Eden, Paradise restored.
It will take a long time, comparatively speaking, from that time until the evil works of man will be eliminated from the face of the earth. The Bible specifies a period of about a hundred years—one hundred years of reconstruction after the earth has been thrown back into polarity, and after the continents have been brought back, and man is really functioning from the standpoint of the New Earth state. We see, then, that our own harmonization in right polarity, and what we do towards maintaining and establishing more fully that right polarization, is essential for the salvation of the world and for bringing the earth back into true polarity so that the New Earth can manifest. Someone has to do it—has to stand so steady, so constant, through the coming period of turmoil that the right polarity of consciousness will be established. When the evil forces of consciousness have crumbled by their own evil, the focal points of reality will be unveiled and will permit the Cosmic Forces to begin to right this wobbling old earth upon its axis, and then will come the beginning of the New Earth state.
Of what value is all of this to us here and now? It helps us to have a clearer understanding of what is taking place—what God has provided for the salvation of man and what is to take place. But we have definite problems to face. We are confronted with the necessity of living in the now. The First Sacred School and the Second Sacred School left records of activities which are of vital importance in working things out in this Third Sacred School. We could go back and study the various events, for instance, clear back to the time of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob and Joseph, as experienced in Egypt, and in all of those things we find correspondences to the activities of the present. It is of these things we would study fully if we had six months instead of just tonight, So, we are going to skip that part of it and come up to the point of the Second Sacred School, from the life of Jesus on, and consider that in relationship to the present, particularly the latter part of His activities on the earth. Just prior to His crucifixion, He was acclaimed by thousands, but as soon as there was a little questioning, somebody whispering and talking, someone not sure that it was wise to be seen with such a man, what happened to the thousands, the ones who had cried, “Hosanna to the King?” Where were they? Very discreetly they departed—discreetly according to their own human concept.
We could stop and consider Christianity, the modern church, as it is now known. I am not finding fault, I am pointing to the facts. But if all those who had classified themselves as Christians had been functioning according to what the Christ Life meant, do you think that the present circumstances would have worked out as they have? No. Christians were given an opportunity, as few people have been given in this modern day, to so live that the world could still have been carried into the New Earth state without complete world crucifixion. We see that—don't we? Millions who have been classifying themselves as Christians; nations who have been classifying themselves as Christian nations—and what has happened? We have millions crying, “Hosanna to the King.” Everything is lovely and they think they are going to get something for nothing; but when it comes to the pinch of everyday living, of really standing effectively, they discreetly depart, as in the days of old. They do not think.
If these millions had been functioning in the power of God, this old world could not be in the shape that it is now. So it is in the day-by-day activity that individually, and collectively, the peoples of the world have been judging themselves. And as it came close to the time of crucifixion in the world, the power of Christians, as such, was not very strong. The world war came, and so the crucifixion is in process and will continue until the end of the present conflict. The church has been on trial, everybody has been on trial, as Jesus was on trial. And you see how in the last few years, as Jesus was on trial back there, so have all the people on the face of the earth been on trial. As that trial miscarried insofar as justice and mercy were concerned, so came the beginning of the present conflict in the world. There are those who would like to say, “Oh, well, it was just Hitler and Mussolini,” and so on. It does not detract anything from the character of those individuals to recognize that they could never have gotten into power if that which was not like unto themselves was not in the nations. Just some puny individual over here, I do not care how vile he is, how scheming, he cannot work and climb to the top and get into power without degradation in the world. The very manifestation of such creatures does what? It condemns the world itself. The very fact that such creatures can manifest and go to the top shows the state of the world. It is not just those nations alone but all other nations too, because if greed and selfishness had not been working through all nations, such a thing could not come to pass. So, we are not dealing just with two or three individuals, we are dealing with the fundamental condition that contaminates humanity. How is this condition to be removed? Through this process of world crucifixion.
What happened after the crucifixion of Jesus? He was taken down from the cross. What is it that the world is being crucified on? On the cross of the self-willed human body and its lust and greed and everything else. Then after the crucifixion, what? The tomb. Do you think that just as soon as this crucifixion is over everything is going to be alright? No. They may have thought, everything is going to be alright, just as soon as we kill the Son of God. We will hang Him on the tree, and everything will be all over. They were not thinking, were they? The world hangs itself indeed. They thrust the sword into the side of Jesus. Today they thrust bayonets into their own sides.
Then comes the period of the tomb. We are in the period of the crucifixion now, [World War Two] and will be for some little time. I cannot tell you exactly how long. We can look for about one or two years longer of conflict—somewhere around that. There is nothing established about it. The period of the crucifixion will continue until then. But then the world is to be placed in the tomb, the world itself, because the blackness of the tomb will be engulfing this world more than ever, and it will be only those who are polarized in the Life, in the understanding of the things of God, in the realization of the Presence of God through the Father within, who will be able to carry through the period of the tomb and emerge victorious as Jesus did. The period of the tomb won't be over in a week or two—it will not be a short time; depending on how human beings react, it can be shorter or longer, but it will be a period of the tomb, and the things which Jesus prophesied will manifest still more fully then: famines, earthquakes in divers places, etc. You have noticed how in the last few years earthquakes have increased. The old earth is trembling on its axis, getting ready for the shaking on its foundations which will return it to right polarity. The period of the tomb will carry up to the time of the shift, and that will be the rolling away of the stone from the tomb when that takes place.
Comparatively few of the human beings now living will be able to carry through that period, but no one will be able to carry through unless—I am not saying all evil ones, because there will be some who are working contrary to the Will of God will carry through clear past that point—but insofar as we are concerned we recognize that to carry through successfully, through this period that is before us, we have to be polarized in the Source of Life, we have to be willing to work under limited conditions, we have to have our lives so fully dedicated to service that little else matters. And then we come to a time of a few years of world intense suffering—we are in it already actually. The Fire of God coming down from Heaven is devouring all the people of the world. Either we respond in love to it, or we fight against it and become destroyed.
One of the great questions is: Can we face these facts and consider these things and not become fearful? Does it make you afraid when we paint this picture as it is unfolding in the world, or can you look at it calmly, serenely, and say, “Let it come.” It is better to have these few years of intensive suffering and have it over with, than to continue for thousands of years, dragging out the misery. People are so prone to say, “Well, if we could just return to normal times.” What normal times? The best time you can mention in the scope of your memory in this present life, or back in recorded history? What shall we say, the boom of the twenties, many suffering, everybody stepping up on everybody else's neck? It was called wonderful times. But the world was full of rottenness. There was misery, suffering and death. What was so wonderful about those times? It is just a little worse now. It is a matter of degree. How true! We have not had any normal times since the time that man fell and we will not have any normal times until we get back to the Divine Estate. Well then, we are not looking for everything just to be OK as soon as the present conflict is over, and we know that misery, suffering and sorrow are going to continue until they are wiped out, and until the New Earth state emerges victoriously. It is that to which we look.
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men.” (Revelation 21:1) Now we can take that statement as applying prophetically just to the period that is described; but if it was true then it must be true now—perhaps not seen just as fully. The Tabernacle of God is with men, and has been all the time. All men have to do is to see it. What is this new Jerusalem? It is the new spiritual consciousness, the understanding of Divine things as seen from the spiritual standpoint. Instead of looking at it from the old standpoint—external effects—we are looking at it from the new standpoint. To the degree that you actually function according to the principles of the Third Sacred School, you are letting the Fire of Heaven come down, letting the New Jerusalem manifest. The New Jerusalem is the new spiritual consciousness. It is taking place just to the degree that it is permitted to, but ultimately it will take place in all the world.
In the past, people have looked at things from the physical and mental standpoint. Now, making an adjustment, we are looking at things from the spiritual standpoint, from the standpoint of spiritual perception, the point of attunement between man and God, to stand in the Holy Place. We see that as we let this New Jerusalem come down from God out of Heaven—what takes place? All the former things are caused to pass away. We are not trying to maintain the former things. We are not struggling for the former things. Yes, for an examination of the things that were before the fall of man, we have to look back a long way; and we are working in the present so that we may have a part in that fulfillment. “Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are faithful and true.”
Has this review of the world’s history helped you? Do you begin to see more fully what the life of Jesus means to us in this period? Can you see how this is the period of the crucifixion—and then the tomb? After Jesus arose there was a period before they recognized Him. Mary Magdalene saw Him, but did not recognize Him. So then, after this period there will be a time of adjustment, but finally the people will be able to see Him as He is. And that is what is called the second coming of Jesus, when the people can see Him as He is, and when the veil is seen to be rent in twain. It is already rent in twain, but does not seem to be. And so, we see how He pictured for us the days that are at hand, and how it will be after the world resurrection into the New Earth state. The stone is thrown away from the tomb, the world is thrown back into polarity, for the former things are passed away. Is this pleasing to you, although all around is darkness? Is that a beautiful picture instead of the darkness that is between this point and that goal? The old world won't let it be any quicker or better. The days are to be shortened for the elect's sake. It will be shortened as much as possible. But the world will have to learn to let go of the unreal, let it crumble. We must not cling to it. We will have to realize it and let it go. Isn't that right? If we cling to it we will be carried out with it. Is that a hard doctrine? It is the Doctrine of Love. You are to serve God, and others likewise. We are asked to respond to the LORD in Love, but we cannot save the individual who will not let himself be uplifted. Each must make his own choice. We cannot make it for others.
It seems to me that as we have been able to go over this rather rapidly, we should close with something we have heard before. Some things are always new, and to me that holds true for the 91st Psalm [read by Uranda]. This is a beautiful poem and such a revelation of the Way, the Truth, and the Life. In the days to come, of the world's passage through the tomb, if the pressure becomes too great, it is very good to turn to that Psalm and remember; and as you read it or think about it, you will be able, in spirit, to return to this hour, this moment, and to hear it again as we consider the Way of God together—to hear it again as it has been expressed tonight. There are such depths in it, such lovely promises, such power. This is a benediction to you and to your household. Until I return, will you remember that poem and keep it close to your heart?
© emissaries of divine light
Authority and Direction of Melchizedek
Uranda July 11, 1944
The purpose of this Service is to provide a clarification of the Teaching of the Third Sacred School as it relates in function and manifestation to the First and Second Sacred Schools, all three of which date back in vibrational foundation to the Motherland, or the Edenic State, as God first established it in the earth. Information concerning what is commonly called the pre‑historic period, as presented in the Third Sacred School, is not dependent upon mythology, although mythology lends abundant evidence of the authenticity of that which is presented. Neither is it dependent upon legend, although many legends springing from the dim antiquity of time point with clarity, for all those who read the symbolism aright, to the fact that what is sometimes called antediluvian history must be considered in terms of thousands of years rather than of the short period commonly conceived to be correct by reason of Biblical chronology. It must be remembered that generally accepted historical records which are commonly known of by the masses of people are largely limited to the last 5,000 years. It does not in any sense deny the authenticity of the Bible to recognize that Biblical chronology, as more or less arbitrarily applied by most scholars to the early part of world history as presented in Genesis, is not correct and is, in fact, very misleading. This is not a refutation of the Bible, but rather, a refutation of the chronology more or less arbitrarily established in relationship to the Bible.
It will be recalled that we have already emphasized the fact that the first nine chapters of the Bible cover a period from the beginning of the creation of this world to the time of the death of Noah. The tenth chapter of Genesis is devoted to an outline of the generations of the sons of Noah, and in the twenty-sixth verse of the eleventh chapter we have the beginning of the story of Abraham. The story from the time of Abraham to the present is reasonably complete. The remainder of the Bible covers a period of a little over 2,000 years. Whatever period of time is conceived to have elapsed prior to the time of Abraham is covered in ten short chapters, but it took almost the entire Bible to cover the period of time from Abraham to the days when the New Testament events took place nearly 2,000 years ago. Even Biblical chronology over a period of nearly 2,000 years is covered in these ten chapters, and the next 2,000 years involve the rest of the Bible. It is obvious, then, that those who insist on accepting the usual Biblical chronology must admit, at least, that the Biblical history covering the period prior to the time of Abraham is extremely sketchy. We cannot accept the idea that creation of this world began only about 6,000 years ago, and while there may be some religionists who still hold to such a belief, the preponderance of evidence from the standpoint of nature, from the standpoint of historical records unearthed during the last 50 years, and from the standpoint of an unbiased consideration of the Bible itself, indicates that a much longer period of time in world history preceded the advent of Abraham. On the other hand, we do not accept the idea that millions of years have elapsed, as is commonly taught from a so-called scientific standpoint. All of the phenomena used to support the theory that millions of years have elapsed are easily and correctly understood once the fundamentals of the factual history of the world, as related to the period prior to Abraham's time, are grasped by the student.
More than once the question has been asked as to what Biblical authority we have for that which we teach concerning the history of the world prior to the time of Abraham. That we have Biblical authority goes without saying, but it is not offered here because the student must first grasp the fundamentals of the Teaching before he can understand that which the Bible actually reveals on this point. All of the scientific discoveries in the fields of archeology and geology, when correctly understood, correlate perfectly with that which is actually revealed by the Bible, and all these sources of information correlate with history as known and presented in the Third Sacred School. For practical reasons, which should be obvious in view of the fact that we are dealing with a vast period of time, the history of which is unknown to the world as a whole, we decline to deal more explicitly with the question of the source of the historical presentation concerning the period in question until the student is advanced sufficiently to allow him to perceive the facts for himself.
It must be recognized by the student that, roughly speaking, the advent of man into the world through creation took place a little over 150,000 years prior to the time of Abraham, and that when God first created man and placed him in the earth, man was fully instructed concerning all phases of knowledge necessary to man's perfect function, physically, mentally and spiritually. In the period preceding the fall of man, God established through Divine Man a system of education which was designed to provide full understanding of all things needful to man in all three phases of his being throughout the period of this world's existence. The basic principles of the educational system then established have been retained in the outworking of the Divine Plan for man as established and set in motion at the time of man's fall, and have continued until the present time. It must be recognized that the Divine Plan originally established for Divine Man did not anticipate, or provide for, the fall of man, but when man fell the Divine Plan was rearranged, retaining the same fundamentals in all respects, with a view to the restoration of man to his Divine Estate in a manner which would permit the Original Plan to be carried on effectively from the time when restoration should be accomplished. This must be understood, in principle at least, in order to allow a basic understanding of the place which the Third Sacred School holds in the Cosmic Order of things. Time and space do not permit us at this point to deal more than briefly with the educational system and program which was in operation prior to the time of the fall of man. This Divine educational system that was in operation prior to the fall of man was carried on through the means of what we properly call Seven Sacred Schools, which had their vibrational foundation in the Seven Planes of this Whole, Holy World. These Seven Sacred Schools of the Motherland of man, or the Garden of Eden, were the seats of learning and all government—all educational instruction issued forth from these Seven Sacred Schools, and they were in actuality the controlling factors in all phases of life, including that which we would describe as religion and government. Under this system of function the whole world was populated and the whole world was governed.
It should be remembered that in this period the preponderance of earth's surface was land, as the preponderance of the earth's surface is now water. Other instruction papers deal with the process of the fall and the geographical changes which took place, but in relationship to our present subject matter it must be recalled that in a period of 7,000 years, dating from the time of the fall, these Seven Sacred Schools originally established by God as a means of providing all educational facilities and government for man, were temporarily withdrawn from manifestation in the earth, culminating in the submersion of Lemuria, or that which is described in the Bible as Adam and Eve being driven from the Garden of Eden. About 1,000 years later the continent of Atlantis submerged beneath the waters of what we now call the Atlantic Ocean, as described and alluded to in the Biblical story of the flood, and the scattered remnants of humanity who survived these cataclysmic changes were forced by circumstance and violent climatic changes to subsist under what we would classify as primitive conditions closely akin to the state of the animal world. This, then, which took place about 12,000 years ago produced what is commonly thought of as the cave man era. From this low point to which man had descended by the process of devolution, it took about 5,000 years of what we may call evolution for man to reach a point where we have the beginnings of recorded history as generally known in relationship to the Egyptian period. This carries us up to the beginning of history as generally recognized.
It should be easily seen that it would be necessary that the Sacred Schools which had been temporarily withdrawn from manifestation would have to be re-established in the earth in their natural order, and the outworking of man's progress in world events did not permit the beginning of this phase of the fulfilment of the Divine Plan for the fallen world until the time of Abraham, during whose lifetime Melchizedek appeared. It is obvious from all Biblical references to Melchizedek that he was the highest of Divine Beings who functioned in relationship to this world, and it should not be difficult to comprehend that the one who manifested as Melchizedek later manifested as Jesus the Christ. In connection with our distinction between the Supreme Divine Being connected with this world, and other members of the One Body of God, it should be understood that this relates to the fact that there are many other worlds peopled and under the jurisdiction of Divine Beings, and that it would be an assumption of the most egotistical sort to imagine that this is the only world in all of the Cosmos which is peopled, or which relates to the outworking of the Divine Order, through the administration of Divine Beings. Therefore, when we speak of the One God Whom we all recognize, we realize that the Divine Beings connected with the function and manifestation of the other worlds in the Universe and in the Cosmos, are members of the One God Body just as surely as are the Divine Beings who administer the Divine affairs of this world.
The foregoing clearly refutes the false assumption which has been made on the part of some that the Third Sacred School must, in some manner, purport to be higher or more advanced than the First or Second Sacred Schools, merely because it is designated as the Third Sacred School. If the First and Second Sacred Schools had not been established and in manifestation, the Third could not have been brought forth. The work of establishing the First Sacred School was the most difficult of all, because it was a beginning, in outer manifestation, without any historical background in the period immediately preceding, or known to man in general, so that it could have been accomplished in no way other than it was accomplished, namely, through the ministrations of Melchizedek, who was manifest in the earth—without father, without mother, and without end of days. There is no record in any part of Biblical history of a more marvelous and wonderful Divine manifestation in the earth, and it was, simply, a manifestation of the LORD of Lords and KING of Kings whom we know in the New Testament period as Jesus the Christ, who came into the world through the operation of Divine laws without the medium of a physical body produced by the process of conception and birth, or limited by the processes of decrepitude and death. Only by means of such a Divine manifestation could the beginning processes of re-manifestation of the Seven Sacred Schools be brought about in the earth under conditions that then existed. Certainly, then, in so far as the world now is, the process by which the First Sacred School was again established in the earth must be recognized as being supreme, and even more beyond the comprehension of the human mind, than was the manifestation and function of Jesus Christ. It must be understood that the First Sacred School established by Melchizedek through the responsive co-operation of Abraham, extended in its dominant influence in the world until the time of the dispersion of the Israelites; in other words, it includes and contains within itself all that took place in revelation and function through Jacob, through Joseph, through Moses, through the Judges, through David and Solomon, through Elijah and Elisha and Daniel, and through all of the faithful Prophets of the Old Testament.
As we have already recognized that it was necessary that the Sacred Schools be re-established in their chronological order, it must also be recognized that they had to be established in accordance with their vibrational order relating to the Seven Planes of Being. These requirements were fulfilled in each instance. Through the First Sacred School established by Melchizedek and carried forward so effectively by Moses and the faithful Ones who followed after him, there was provided a means whereby the mass body of a selected portion of humanity could have returned immediately to the Edenic State if they had remained steadfast and true to God, thereby opening the way whereby the world as a whole could have been restored to the Edenic State en masse. This certainly must be classified as the greatest opportunity accorded to man since the day of the fall until this present time, and was the greatest undertaking from the standpoint of man that could possibly have been inaugurated. When the selected portion of the world body failed to carry through, and the immediate program under the First Sacred School could not be brought to fruition, the vibrational basis of the Second Sacred School had to be resorted to. But this does not mean that the basic vibrational function of the First Sacred School was lost to the world—for it was, and still is, providing a basic foundation for all that has, or will, come after it. When man failed to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the First Sacred School, it became necessary for Jesus Christ to manifest in the world, to bring into manifestation the function and vibrational basis of the Second Sacred School.
The life and ministry of Jesus and that which is recorded in the New Testament period all relates thereto, and provides the immediate foundation for all of the spiritually progressive activities in the world today. While the work of establishing the Second Sacred School was more painful, it was not as difficult a task in one sense of the word as was the work of establishing the First Sacred School; but in both instances the work was so difficult and so gravely important to the world that it could be entrusted to no one but the LORD of Lords Himself. In the opportunity afforded by the life ministry of Jesus Christ through His work in establishing the Second Sacred School, the field was narrowed down from the broad scope that was utilized in the First Sacred School, which had provided the easiest process of response from the standpoint of humanity, to the field of what we classify as the mental. I would here point out that because it is so classified a few persons who are ignorant of the outworking of the Divine Plan have jumped to the false conclusion that we were relegating the work of Jesus Christ to something below the Spiritual vibration classification which is utilized in relation to the Third Sacred School. Such an idea is completely false. The First Sacred School, while utilizing the basic vibrations of physical response, in the primary sense, certainly included in every respect all that is properly classified as the mental and the spiritual. When humanity rejected this easy way, the next more difficult way had to be resorted to—and when I speak of it as being difficult here, I have reference only to humanity's opportunities therein, and not to the difficulties involved in establishing the Second Sacred School. Melchizedek had the most difficult task, but he provided humanity with the easiest possible way of restoration. Jesus Christ had almost as difficult a task and one that was more painful, in establishing the Second Sacred School, and He provided the next easiest way of direct approach from the standpoint of humanity as a whole. That which Jesus Christ established is still in force, and no one who has any understanding of the work of the Third Sacred School has ever supposed, for even a fraction of a second, that the Third Sacred School or those who function therein supersede in any manner whatsoever the work of Jesus Christ, for we recognize Him as LORD of Lords and KING of Kings, and have never at any time suggested that the Third Sacred School or any individual in it was equal to, let alone above or beyond, that which was made manifest in and through our Beloved Master, Jesus Christ.
While Jesus Christ was on earth, a means was provided by which the world could have been restored to the Edenic State at that time, so that Jesus Himself would not have been crucified, and so that the intervening 2,000 years of misery, suffering and death could have been avoided by humanity as a whole. When the world rejected that which Jesus Christ offered, and crucified Him, the third alternative Plan had to come into effect, and Jesus Christ Himself established the authorization and provided the direction for the outworking on the basis of the third alternative Plan. But, by reason of the fact that He was crucified by the world, and by reason of the fact of that which He had provided for the world, both in teaching and actual manifestation of vibrational function according to the Divine Order, it was not necessary that He assume personal responsibility in outer manifestation for the establishment of the Third Sacred School. The processes of bringing the Third Sacred School again into manifestation could be, and were, delegated to a subordinate by Jesus Christ Himself. However, by reason of the world's rejection of Jesus Christ, the second alternative Plan ceased to be available to man in the very hour when Jesus was crucified on Calvary, and the third alternative Plan has been in effect since that hour, and it utilizes the approach to the Divine on a vibrational basis of spiritual response as the starting point. Here we have the first three of the seven Planes as manifest in this world on a vibrational basis represented in the manifestation and function of the First Three of the Sacred Schools.
The Fourth Sacred School will not be brought into manifestation until after the restoration of man to the Edenic State. Man must come through the program provided on the Third Plane Vibration, or not at all. In this connection, it is necessary to point out that every church and all individuals who honestly and sincerely seek to follow Jesus Christ, to do His Will, and who desire to receive that which Jesus Christ offered to the world, are, to the degree that they are correct in their understanding of that which Jesus Christ taught and accomplished, in the Third Sacred School already, and this has been true since the moment when Jesus Christ Himself recognized that the third alternative Plan would have to be utilized—and therefore authorized the Beloved Disciple John as the Head thereof in the earth, while He Himself was on the cross. Jesus did not give that Authorization prior to the time that He was on the cross, because up until that moment humanity had the opportunity of responding on the basis of the second alternative Plan. The moment He was on the cross humanity lost that opportunity, and from that moment onward the third alternative Plan was in effect. So it is that the re-manifestation of the Third Sacred School, which vibrationally dates back to the period of the Edenic State long before the fall of man, has been in actual existence by decree and authority of Jesus Christ since the hour when He was crucified on Calvary. It is under this Authority, and on a Vibrational Foundation dating into antiquity more than 150,000 years ago, that the Third Sacred School is now operating in the world, that all who will may know the whole truth and be set completely free, according to the promise of Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Master. The history of the world since the time of the crucifixion of Jesus down through the dark ages to the present time, as it relates to the manifestation and function of the Third Sacred School, is a vast subject which has been touched upon to a degree in other writings, and which we must now leave for further elucidation until another time.
Seventh Day
Glory All The Way
Uranda June 26, 1953
There were many remarkable revelations of the reality of Shekinah at the time of the Master's birth, but the central key is the Angels' Song: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Let us look at this expression from the standpoint of reality, with the eye of the heart. “Glory to God in the highest.” What is the Glory? The Shekinah Cloud of Glory. Glory to God in the highest. That carries to the Highest Focalization of Deity, going beyond the range of human consciousness or awareness. Glory to God in the Highest. And the expression was made in relationship to those who dwell on earth. So if there was a recognition of Glory to God in the Highest, we see with the eye of the heart how there was a Great Cone allowed to settle down over the earth, the base of it enfolding the earth as in a net, and the point of it extending upward to God in the Highest. And what is it that shapes this? What is it that gives it form? Glory—the Shekinah Cloud of Glory. And it was brought to the earth, enfolding man, centered on earth in the babe that was born. Glory to God in the highest signifies that the Cloud of Glory, made manifest to man through the form of the babe that was to become a Man, extended to God in the Highest—that there was no break, no point of separation, no veil, except the inability of human beings to see. The Cloud of Glory, the Shekinah, extended to the earth, enfolding the earth and carrying to God in the Highest. Glory all the way. The Shekinah Cloud of Glory here, and all the Way to God in the Highest. And then, when that is a reality, what does follow? “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth”—enfolded in the Shekinah Glory something begins to manifest. “Peace on earth, good will toward men.” The coming of the Master was the Supreme Gesture from God, the zenith of God's Gift of Love to man—and only in relationship to Love can there be peace—and it is clearly indicated it was on earth, and the Supreme Gesture of goodwill.
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The Protecting Power
from Hospitality—One Law
Uranda April 8, 1953 Class
We will, as we go along, have an opportunity to analyze more deeply than we will at the moment, the principles involved in what is generally spoken of as death. But in the past few days, I have, particularly in connection with the Easter season, dealt with this subject considerably in the sense of emphasizing the fact that the Divine Design is that man should live, and one of the greatest difficulties we have is developing in consciousness a true realization of the Pattern of Life without leaving the consciousness subject to some extreme of viewpoint which would tend to interfere with the natural outworking of the Divine Pattern within the individual.
Some days ago, when we were talking about the pattern of the outworking as it related to the solar system I pointed out [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2017_08_05_archive.html] that until this runaway planet which is at the present time functioning as a comet in relationship to our solar system is returned to its proper orbit, and until the earth itself is restored to its proper orbit, we will not have the vibrational factors necessary to the actual manifestation of ascension as God intended it to be. So, while conditions remain as they are, we must recognize that our physical bodies are subject to a pattern which corresponds with what is spoken of as death; but our attitude with respect to death is changed. In other words we recognize that as day by day there is a certain amount of refuse left behind and we do not mourn about it, yet that refuse was, to some extent at least, an actual part of our physical body. There is a breakdown all the time, and we have recognized that by the time a person reaches the age of fifty years he or she has had seven complete bodies, with the exception of the brain substance, etc., that there is a complete change in the vital tissues every fourteen months, and with the whole skeleton every seven years. We see that the individual has had seven different bodies by the time he reaches the age of fifty, and those seven bodies were all equally important.
In other words the wrong pattern of centering of consciousness upon the body that the individual happens to have at the close of the life span distorts the whole picture. We need to learn to recognize that the body that was present at any point along the way was just as important, just as necessary, as the body at the close of the earthly span of life as it is known now. We cannot just arbitrarily expect to establish a vibratory pattern which will allow the complete process of ascension with respect to the physical substance. There may be a very nearly complete ascension in some cases. However, in the immediate future, we can anticipate that there will be a certain amount of residue, but that residue that is left after the processes of ascension have come to a stop in relationship to any individual has no more meaning, no more value, no more real relationship to the individual than the residue that was left behind day by day during that life span. And it is the attitude toward the residue that must be changed.
We are not attempting to establish the idea that there is not going to be death with respect to ourselves for instance, or human beings on earth. I have never made the statement that my body would never die. I have only pointed to the fact that in the present cycle of things, the processes of ascension are incomplete. We are working forward to the time when they will be complete, but there has to be a change in the vibratory pattern of the earth itself and of the solar system. We have recognized the interrelatedness of the influence of the various planets for instance, in that vibratory system and we illustrated with the notes on the piano. And we recognize that at the present time, we have a year of approximately 365 and one-fourth days and that the year is longer than it ought to be. As we get into a study of some of these things, we will begin to see that the length of the year on earth has varied from time to time—it has not always been. We recognize that there are 360 degrees in a circle, and that is something that is based upon basic law and principle, not arbitrarily established—there are 360 degrees in a true circle. The earth's orbit around the sun, should take 360 days. Now if we were too far off of that basic pattern it would not be possible for human beings to live on earth at all, but five and one-quarter days off in relationship to that large a cycle, is not enough to throw the pattern completely out of balance. It is just off key.
Until we begin to recognize that the vibrational patterns in which we live are off key, we cannot clearly comprehend all of the factors that are involved. However, this should not make us feel that we are up against some impossible barrier. It is possible for us to achieve much more in than we have yet achieved within the scope of this particular vibratory pattern. So, we look forward to the day when our sister planet, which is at the present time functioning as a comet—and remember that every comet of which we are aware has the earth for the center of its orbit—and when the sister planet is returned to the solar system we will begin to have a different vibrational pattern, and when that comet becomes a planet again our earth is to be restored to its true orbit in relationship to the sun. Now always, there has to be physical factors in relationship to outworkings in the physical realm. To imagine, for instance, that just by some mysterious spiritual power the earth is going to be pushed into a different spot in the solar system, and have a different orbit, would be fantastic. But there are physical factors involved which allow that to work out under spiritual control. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2016_06_20_archive.html] So, we can confidently look forward to a day when the earth's orbit will be on the true pattern of a circle, to allow the right vibrational factors to work out in the cycle, and that is on the basis of a 360-day year as far as we are concerned.
Once we begin to see this and realize that undue attention has been attached or centered upon the residue that is left behind at the end of the life span on earth, we can begin to take an altogether different attitude toward what is called death. And while it is to be recognized that there will be a certain amount of residue for some time to come—I am not in position to indicate just when such a thing will be—but it is to be anticipated that until this change takes place there will be, for each one, a certain amount of residue left behind, but that is not the person. It is simply the residue, the refuse that did not work out in the pattern of the ascending cycle—and we leave a certain amount of refuse behind every day and there is no mourning about it, there no feeling that somehow or other all of that refuse has to be brought together at one point. When we stop to consider from a scientific standpoint, some of the popular concepts with respect to the resurrection, we can see how utterly fantastic they are.
We pointed out that the vital tissues of the body change every fourteen months. That is something scientifically established. You can check up on it and find that all of those who know anything about the functioning of the body, realize that. That is, with the exception of certain brain substance. But during that fourteen months—of course it is constantly changing; you cannot draw a line anywhere and say it is all different one day to the next—but during that fourteen months, that is your body. Just as much as you have a body now, you have had a different substance in your body in the past. Now that different substance was your body then, and your personality, your characteristics, you, as an individual, have continued on regardless of those changes in the physical substance. Now those who imagine that the resurrection means that the dust that has gone back into the ground is going to be gathered together and made into a body all over again, if they were going to be logical, would have to assume that all the dust that had been a part of your body for the entire period of your life, should be gathered together to make up your body, the refuse you leave behind every day should be brought into the picture. Now it is one of those fantastic things, when we stop to consider it, that human beings believe that now, while there is life in the body and while it has form, God's Power is not sufficiently available to us to make it conform to the laws of life and health and ascension, etc., but after the body is dead, after the form has disintegrated, after everything has been returned to the dust, then somehow or other, God is so concerned about that little bunch of dust and He is going to come along and by magic means cause that substance to be reformed into a physical body sometime in the future. Now actually, it is just plain fantastic, that is all. There is not any basis for any belief. The Bible does not teach it. It is merely that human beings have jumped to a conclusion, assumed things for which there is no basic of belief. But millions of people do believe that.
Now when you go out you want to be careful that you do not say something with respect to this point or the point about death that will shock people too deeply, too fast, too far, because look back—consider how I have given you an opportunity to move along the path to come to the state where you could understand what I was talking about, and just on the basis of the Truth you could begin to see the reality of it. So, in the days of your ministry ahead of you, be sure that you are considerate of these things in relationship to the consciousness of people and do not expect them to be able to comprehend everything just on the basis of some brief statement or other. We must lead the responding ones into a sphere where they can understand, and it is the changing of the attitude toward death rather than establishing the idea that immediately we can be in a state where there will not be anything called death in relationship to the residue of our bodies or somebody else's. But that residue does not mean anything to us, not when we come to the point of clearly understanding the laws and principles of life. And when we recognize that the processes of ascension are taking place all the time, while we live, then that in which we are interested, about which we are concerned, has ascended. It has already ascended and is no longer in this vibratory realm of things, but having ascended, as it does, it no longer has any meaning in any direct sense, to this world, to this earth. Well, we could go on and talk about the second resurrection and all kinds of factors involved, but we will leave that for the future. However, I wish, before continuing on, to have this little parenthetical consideration, to be sure that we do not begin to get off on any tangent on the basis of our own state of consciousness with respect to the principles of life and death.
In that connection, I might add that the protecting power of God which works through us in relationship to these things, when we are properly centered, is not something that would make it possible for instance, for an atomic bomb to go off a few feet above this building and none of us be touched. I have never suggested such a thing. If an atomic bomb did go off in such a position, why there would not be anything but refuse left here, visible, as far as any of us are concerned. The point is, that if we are functioning correctly under the direction of the spirit of God and there is danger of such a thing, we will not be where the bomb goes off. That is the difference. It will be a matter of our placement in relationship to the explosion of the bomb—not that if the bomb went off right here, that we would be so protected in that sense that we, our bodies, would not get hurt. The point is, that if we are functioning correctly, it simply will not go off here, or if it goes off here, we will not be here—ahead of time.
Now, I would like to give you a little practical illustration of this in relationship to an actual experience I had a good many years ago—twenty years ago now, when I was in Nashville, Tennessee. One evening I was holding a class, and there was a group of us, probably six or eight, in a little study class that I had there at that time, and we were meditating upon the things to which we are giving attention here. I do not recall the subject. But as we were having this period of meditation, study, we heard a peculiar sound. There was a peculiar vibration in the atmosphere, a peculiar suction feeling, and a sound as if a million swarms of bees had suddenly come over. At the moment, at first, I did not place it, and then, while I had never been in such a thing before, I suddenly realized what it was. It was a tornado, and this tornado had come in from the southwest right toward the heart of Nashville. It came into the edge of town, wrecking buildings on the way. It lifted about one-half a mile before it came to the house where we were, and went right directly over that house and set down again smack in the middle of the city of Nashville, and cut us off like you had run a mowing machine right out to the edge of town, all the way.
Well now, there would of course be the possibility of a certain manifestation of the power of God and protection, had the tornado gone through that particular spot, but the tornado actually lifted and hopped directly over that house. You could feel the suction, the pressure, the peculiar sounds of it—and it set down in the middle of the city and stayed down clear to the edge of town. It was just like a huge mowing machine had gone through. The section down on the flats there, for two blocks wide—it was just simply level and houses were in every sort of situation and condition. We went out to see it the next day. Lines were down everywhere, and sides of houses were gone out, tops of houses were lifted off, some of them had been picked up and turned around and set down, every sort of thing you can think of. And that tornado had come up to within a half a mile of that house, lifted over it and set down—it would not be quite half a mile beyond where it set down and stayed down through the town. Well now, you can say whatever you want to say about it. You may say, “Perhaps it was only coincidence.” The fact is, it did not hit the house where we were studying. But that is, to my mind, an illustration of the manner in which God's protecting power works; and if you are following the direction of the spirit so that God’s protecting power can be working in you, you are simply not going to be in the spot where the bomb explodes. If you are, for some reason or other, well then, the same sort of thing would probably happen to your body, conceivably, that would happen to anybody else's body. I am not saying there would not be some kind of special protection for you, and we function on the basis of trust. But let us not develop any fantastic concepts that our bodies, subjected to these things, will not suffer from it. They would.
What is God's protecting power on the highway? Not that we should have a wreck and go through something that, well, would normally kill somebody—but that we should not have the wreck. In other words, if we are following God's protecting power and really letting it work, we will be able to drive for ourselves, and the other party too, and keep out of the wreck. I have avoided hundreds and hundreds of potential disasters on this basis, on the highway. So, our function from the standpoint of the protecting power of God is to be so responsive to the impulses of the spirit that we will be able to do what we should do in order to avoid that difficulty. Now the working of the spirit of God in such a case can take over and function through individuals who do not ordinarily function on that basis. I have seen it happen over and over again, and I know that by working in that current I have saved many people from wrecks and they did not know what happened or how it happened or why—but I could see the pattern of danger, see what was impending, and in that current, reach out to the individual, impelling specific action, and they responded and let danger clear away. So the protecting power of God is that which keeps you in the right place at the right time—not that has you in the wrong place at the right time and then, by mystic means, protects you from that—although I do not want to limit the protecting power of God and say that it would not be of any avail in such a circumstance. But the true pattern of it is to keep you out of the dangerous spot. If you get into a dangerous spot well then, the protecting power of God is there too. But you cannot, in advance, anticipate such a thing and know just exactly what will work out and why, where. However, let us so live, that the spirit of God working through us can have us at the right place at the right time and have things under control. It is when things start getting out from under control that we have trouble and danger.
Now let us get back to history. We recognize that the beginning of the manifestation of the First Sacred School was worked out through Abram by Melchizedek. The promises of the Lord are given to Abram with respect to his seed. We are not to assume that only those who have that physical blood relationship are included in what God said to Abram about his seed and about making him a great nation. “And I will make my convenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.” And thou shalt be a father of many nations. Was that promise fulfiled merely in the tribal aspects of the Children of Israel? No, certainly not. So, the limitation of vision, supposing that the Hebrews as such were the only seed of Abram, is clearly seen there, because God said to him, “And thou shalt be a father of many nations... Neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.” Abraham means, “a father of many nations.” And the mere tribal division that was within the scope of the Children of Israel did not fulfil that promise. So, we recognize that the lineage in the sense of geneology or blood relationship, is not the thing that determines whether we belong in this category or not. It is whether or not we are functioning according to the Laws of Being, whether we are responding to the guiding influence of the Priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek ...
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